any tips on sealing the hatch ?

[lucozader]

without hatch tape ?

i want a quick process of opening and closing the hatch

[driftah]

some have used hatch screws with a silicone or urethane style o ring gasket of sorts,however nothing yet beats taping lol.Unless you wanna get real high tech and engineer your own setup

[Doby]

Tape.....don't be lazy.

[westbeach]

Tape, pure and simple. Keeps water out. I have never had a drop of water in my hulls after sitting hatch down in the drink for 5 mins.

[Diegoboy]

I'm going to guess here and say that it's not a matter of "lazy" but in fact a matter of looks for the finished boat on the water.
If I'm correct, think about a sub-hatch application. tape down a clear lexan sheet over the opening, then install the finished hatch (without the tape)
What hull are we talking about here? Some hulls are harder to make a sub-hatch that others.

[electric]

Might I just add this is the "holy grail" of a problem. If someone could design a solution for this so you did not have to use tape it would be a big deal. I thought about using a radio box to seal up the esc, servo and receiver and then just leave the motor exposed. Never have seen a great solution to the problem, so I tape it up just like everyone else.

[Rumdog]

Radio box. Just like the gas guys.

[Fluid]

Radio box?

Wet batteries
Wet ESC
Wet motor
Box still needs to be taped up
Condensation (ever looked into the radio box of gas boats?)
No room for box in smaller hulls

Next solution besides tape?

There isn't one. If there was, we would have it after over twnety years of trying. Due to the twisting and deforming of hulls on the water tape is still the best solution if you really want a dry boat.




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[Rumdog]

Radio box?

Wet batteries
Wet ESC
Wet motor
Box still needs to be taped up
Condensation (ever looked into the radio box of gas boats?)
No room for box in smaller hulls

Next solution besides tape?

There isn't one. If there was, we would have it after over twnety years of trying. Due to the twisting and deforming of hulls on the water tape is still the best solution if you really want a dry boat.




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Obviously, Jay it's all hull, speed and conditions dependant. Tell the guys building and running 10 plus thousand dollar turbine cats that radio boxes do not work.

Condensation is less of a factor when your runtime is under 10 minutes.
An esc can go inside a radio box. Motors will be fine wet. You'd be taking a chance on the lipos, but I've never had any go bad because of submersion.

You can use absorbent items within the box as well.

My question is, if it is for looks alone that you do not want tape, how will you hold down the hatch? Locks don't look scale either.

[electric]

Radio box?

Wet batteries
Wet ESC
Wet motor
Box still needs to be taped up
Condensation (ever looked into the radio box of gas boats?)
No room for box in smaller hulls

Next solution besides tape?

There isn't one. If there was, we would have it after over twnety years of trying. Due to the twisting and deforming of hulls on the water tape is still the best solution if you really want a dry boat.




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Jay, Jay..you giving me a hard time. Chuckle. I meant everything including the esc goes in the box. That leaves the batt's and the motor. Not crazy about the batt's or the motor getting wet either, just thinking maybe it would sorta work.

The SV has all the electronics in the box, but of course it really was never anything approaching water proof.

Of course the other issue is making sure the boat does not sink. Flotation needed.

For the record, I ALWAYS use tape and am not proposing this, just discussing it. Did you notice the Traxxas Titan/whatever the new name is.. states clearly NO TAPE NEEDED. How do they make that claim?

[driftah]

prolly some fancy o-ring jobby lol

[NativePaul]

Just wondering, did they also claim it to be watertight upside down?
I bought some cowl locks, with the intention of using them but to me tape looks much better, sellotape brand "diamond" tape is waterproof, very thin and if I have a boat taped up over 10' away from me I cant see the tape, its not very flexible though and you may have to use a few pieces to do a curved hatch like a miss geco (what's with that on a purpose built FE hull anyway).